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Lexicon :: Strong's G3815 - paizō

Aa
παίζω
Transliteration
paizō (Key)
Pronunciation
paheed'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:625,758

Strong’s Definitions

παίζω paízō, paheed'-zo; from G3816; to sport (as a boy):—play.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G3815 in the following manner: play (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G3815 in the following manner: play (1x).

  1. to play like a child

  2. to play, sport, jest

  3. to give way to hilarity, esp. by joking singing, dancing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
παίζω paízō, paheed'-zo; from G3816; to sport (as a boy):—play.
STRONGS G3815:
παίζω; from Homer down; properly, to play like a child; then universally, to play, sport, jest; to give way to hilarity, especially by joking, singing, dancing; so in 1 Corinthians 10:7, after Exodus 32:6 where it stands for צִחֵק, as in Genesis 21:9; Genesis 26:8; Judges 16:25; also in the Sept. for שִׂחַק. (Compare: ἐμπαίζω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
21:9; 26:8
Exodus
32:6
Judges
16:25
1 Corinthians
10:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3815 matches the Greek παίζω (paizō),
which occurs 30 times in 30 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:9 - And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, mocking.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:8 - And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:6 - And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:19 - And the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and smote thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave the changes of raiment unto them that declared the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:25 - And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison-house; and he made sport before them. And they set him between the pillars:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:4 - And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were gathered together after Saul to Gilgal.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:10 - And David said, As Jehovah liveth, Jehovah will smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:14 - And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men, I pray thee, arise and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:5 - And David and all the house of Israel played before Jehovah with all manner of instruments made of fir-wood, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with castanets, and with cymbals.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:7 - And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:21 - And David said unto Michal, It was before Jehovah, who chose me above thy father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of Jehovah, over Israel: therefore will I play before Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:6 - And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and killed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7 - And, behold, the whole family is risen against thy handmaid, and they say, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he slew, and so destroy the heir also. Thus will they quench my coal which is left, and will leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:10 - But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the body, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:16 - And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also smitten the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:15 - but king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If this be your mind, then let none escape and go forth out of the city, to go to tell it in Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:21 - And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:8 - And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29 - And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:5 -
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird?
Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:19 -
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor,
And saith, Am not I in sport?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:16 - Moreover Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 - Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:19 - Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:17 - I sat not in the assembly of them that make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:14 - All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not: for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins were increased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:19 - And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:4 - Again will I build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: again shalt thou be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:7 - And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with anger against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns; and there was no power in the ram to stand before him; but he cast him down to the ground, and trampled upon him; and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:5 - And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
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